Improvement in coffins



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JAMES n. oo X, onontoINNATI,v oHI-o.

Letters Patent No. 107,164, dated September 6, 187 0.-

The Schedule referred tc in these Letters .Pai-.ent and making part of the same Totall whom it 'may concern 'Be it known that I, J AMES E. COX, of Cincinnati,

` in the county'ot' Hamilton and State of' Ohio, have cation, and to the 'letters andiigures ol' reference marked thereon.

-. Figure 1 of the drawing is a top view ct' my coin with the lid removed. v

Figure 2 is a horizontal section.

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal section.

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse section.

My invention has relation t-o means for preserving corpses after death; and consists in the form of the inner case, bent upward under the head ofthe corpse to raise the same, and at the same'time to increase the capacity of the ice-chamber below, and bent up' ward longitudinally to form a fold or ridge between the legs, thereby greatly increasing the rapidity and efficiency of the freezing operation.,

The letter A ot' the drawing designates the outer case, which may' be made yot' wood, metal, or any other suitable material. Y

B is a packing of charcoal, or other nou-conducting material, placed between the outercase and its metallicliuinga..

E E designate the openings through which the ice is placed into the chamber F. Y

These openings are closed by non-conducting stoppers or shutters, G.

The openings are situated in the upper portion of the side wall, thereby leaving a water-tight receptacle or basin be1ow,for the water to accumulate when Iit is not convenientv to drain it oft forany length of time.

H designates the top of the case, providedalso with the non-conducting packing and'- the metallic lining.

' K represents a glass plate inserted into the top.

' k le designate strips of' rubber or other packing, attached around the upper edge of the case, and also to the under surface of the top around the edge.

When the top is in place, vand fastened down, these strips of rubber 'are `in contact, and the case is thereby madeair-tight. y

vL designates the inner case, secured to the upper edge ot' the outer case, and depending within it. In this case the body is placed.

It is made of sheet zinc, or other suitable material, and s-perl'orated around its upper-edge, just inside the packing sti-ipk, at z z, to permit the introduction of the cold air from the lower chamber.

*The iuetal'ot the inner cham-ber is bent inward and upward at l, to form a resting place for the head. At the same time it gives an enlarged capacity to the ice-chamber under this point at n.

The metal of the inner chamber 4is alsoA bent or folded up, forming a ridge, s, designed to come between the legs of the corpse.

'lhe cold air from the ice lls the space within this fold,and thereby greatly increasesthefreeziug effect.

N represents the drain-pipe, and

h, the pipe, to which the air-pump is attached, for the 'purpose'ot' extracting the air' from the corpsechamber, and thereby permitting the introduction of the cold air from the ice-chamber below, through the peit'o'rations z z, n

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

The inner metallic case L for icefcons, having the upward bend land the rib or fold s, as and forl the purpose speciiied.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses. 4 V

' JAS:l E. COX. Witnesses:

EDW. P. MASI,

D. D. KANE. 

